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enbygolem's review
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I really love that this book had Ace representation. Yep, that's it - that is literally the only thing I liked about it.
I did not care for the 2 main characters at all. I felt that Jordan was excessively mean and myopic to an unsettling degree. He openly mocks random people based off their features constantly and gets upset when those people, at worse, look offended by his lengthy verbal tirades. And the book tries to pass this off as . . . enduring? Funny? To me, he just comes off as a complete dick. Don't worry though he doesn't "have tourettes or anything like that" . . . Sigh
Hennessy on the other hand was painfully flat and extremely limited. I felt like I didn't know him beyond the information readily available on a Facebook profile. He was also an ass to his friend, again being too caught in his own plot to check in with the only other person featured in his life. He never even apologized after he aggressively shot-down his friend who was trying to come out to him!
I did not care for the 2 main characters at all. I felt that Jordan was excessively mean and myopic to an unsettling degree. He openly mocks random people based off their features constantly and gets upset when those people, at worse, look offended by his lengthy verbal tirades. And the book tries to pass this off as . . . enduring? Funny? To me, he just comes off as a complete dick. Don't worry though he doesn't "have tourettes or anything like that" . . . Sigh
Hennessy on the other hand was painfully flat and extremely limited. I felt like I didn't know him beyond the information readily available on a Facebook profile. He was also an ass to his friend, again being too caught in his own plot to check in with the only other person featured in his life. He never even apologized after he aggressively shot-down his friend who was trying to come out to him!
I hate the dialogue in this book. Just, absolutely hate it.
And while it is awesome that the book features a prominent Ace relationship, I felt that even that was presented in a much too simplified way and did not tap into the many wonderful ways the Ace spectrum can be expressed and felt. Of course, while this is an impossible task for any one book to do, I thought there were many missed opportunities to at least mention the beautiful range of this expansive sexuality beyond the essentially identical intersection that both Jordan and Hennessy happen to occupy.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing
Moderate: Acephobia/Arophobia, Bullying, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, and Toxic relationship
Minor: Drug use
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